University of Southern California
DAILY • TROJAN
VOL. LIX
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1967
NO. 23
Council struggles over limited funds
AFTER THE BOMB SCARE, THE SCRAMBLE FOR NEW SEATS A loss of time and some good locations was only result of emergency
Bomb scare considered normal event for King
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A bomb threat that caused a packed Bovard Auditorium to be evacuated Monday night during Dr. Martin Luther King's speech has not caused much reaction on campus.
The Bomb Squad of the Los Angeles Police Department did not even handle the situation, but left a patrol unit to search Bovard for the bomb
that wasn't there.
An anonymous phone call to the fire department stating that a bomb
would go off in Bovard Auditorium in 15 minutes started what turned out to be a routine procedure.
The LAPD sent a patrol unit to search for the bomb, while Victor Sargent, head of the campus police, notified Dean of Students Paul Bloland of the threat.
At about 8:30 p.m., one-half hour after Dr. King began his speech. Bovard was evacuated on orders from Dean Bloland and Sargent. After a
30-minute search, no bomb was found,
Forum continues to draw notable figures
By MELINDA TONKS Assistant News Editor
The oomh threat that marred the appearance of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., at Bovard Auditorium on Monday night does not appear to have hurt the continuance of the public speakers program on campus.
King's speech, which was sponsored by the Great Issues Forum, was just one of many planned for the
year.
' Another nationally-known figure has agreed to speak in November and we are currently getting any problems with his appearance ironed out,” Dr. Richard Stone, chairman of the Great Issues Forum, said.
"We should know by the end of this w'eek whether or not he can
speak.”
He emphasized that the forum will continue, “but unfortunately we cannot control anonymous phone calls that come in or protests in the form of marches or placards.”
When you have a controversial speaker coming to talk, there is bound to be someone who does not agree with his ideas. An example of an adverse reaction is the attempted bomb scare.”
Dean Paul Bloland commended the aud’ence on its actions during the bomb scare “by not jumping to conclusions in what must have seemed a very unusual situation.”
Members of Dr. Kings staff expressed fears the crowd would decline despite Dr. King's plea to ‘‘please return because there are some very important things I still have to say.”
Because of the scare, a proposed question-and-answer session with Dr. King was eliminated from the agenda.
‘‘It is unfortunate that there could not be a question-and-answer period,” Dr. Stone said. “Dr. King had previously agreed to spend 20 minutes on this.
“But 30 minutes was lost because of the scare and Dr. King had a plane for Houston to catch.”
However, a section of the University Speakers Policy which states “all such speakers shall entertain, immediately following their speech . . . question from tj^e students, faculty and
staff and shall respond to such questions." was violated.
Dean Bloland regretted that the audience could not be larger, but “because of the size of the auditorium, we were limited. The attendance wras excellent (over 1800 with standing-room only).
"I feel the Great Issues Forum is aiding in enriching the life of the campus,’’ he said.
“By featuring well-known and controversial speakers, it enables the students to be in contact with the important people and issues in our somewhat troubled times.”
and the speech continued as scheduled.
“I think the campus police are. to be commended for doing a fine job handling the bomb scare.” Dean Bloland said. "The audience is also to be commended on its handling of what must have seemed an unusual situation.”
Sargent, who said he had experience with many bomb scarcs as a member of the New York City Police Department, said he treated the bomb threat routinely.
He assigned a campus policeman to guard Dr. King in the President's Conference Room of Bovard. whil? police searched for the bomb.
Dean of Men Daniel Nowack said bomb scares must be expected with controversial people but usually amount to nothing.
Even Dr. King, when told the building would have to be evacuated, told the audience he had been through many such emergencies and would continue his speech shortly. Mrs. Dora MacDonald, Dr. King's secretary, said the civil rights leader often gets such phone calls, especially in the South, but they are usually ignored.
Dan Miller, an officer of the LAPD Bomb Squad, said his squad never handles bomb scares unless a suspected object is definitely found.
"We have such a great number of scares in the city each day that we can't handle them all,” he said.
By STAN METZLER City Editor
The ASSC Executive Council played merry-go-round with its limited funds yesterday afternoon, but when the meeting was over it found itself in practically the same position as it began.
A few more committees had been formed and two hours were consumed in mainly administrative matters, but the ASSC found itself still concerned with breaking even on the upcoming Lou Rawls concert and getting across to the students the fact that its most important work is being carried on behind the headlines and after council hours.
Meeting for the first time on a Tuesday afternoon in the President's Conference Room in Bovard. the council was open to all members of the student body, but only those seeking ASSC funds took the time to appear.
Norm Wilky, vice-president of student activities, began the meeting with a report on ticket sales for the two Oct. 26 Lou Rawls concerts.
While the council seemed relieved to hear that $1,900 of tickets had been sold so far. Wilky reminded them that that meant they still had more than S3,500 to go towards meeting the $5,500 concert budget.
“We’re a little under our own operating budget of $500,” he said, “but that's sort of irrelevant after paying Rawls $5,000 to appear.”
The Rawls concerts, which may be publicized off campus if Greek and dormitory block sales are not increased, are being billed as a test to determine the future of big-name entertainment on campus.
Wilky's report was followed by a representative from a special United Nations program, who announced plans for a Hancock Auditorium pre-
sentation Sunday night commemorating the U.N.'s 22nd anniversary.
The program, which will feature high-ranking representatives of the Republic of China, Israel and Spain, will be open to all students.
Although some council members, primarily AMS President John Ward-low. expressed dissatisfaction over
MARTY FOLEY ASSC president
allocating ASSC funds for a program of limited student availability and participation, the council voted $110 to pay half of its operating costs.
Representatives from the Model United Nations appeared later in the meeting to request ASSC sponsorship and funding for their program, which will include a trip to New York as participants in the national Model U.N. program during the spring.
A number of council members objected to this further financial backing, however, and ASSC President Marty Foley appointed a subcommittee to investigate the entire problem of ASSC financial sponsorships.
The tin cup was passed from student organizations to council men> bers, however, when Foley brougnt up the tradition of sending the five major ASSC officers to the Cal Game.
The five officers are Foley; Wilky; Bob Lutz, vice-president of the university affairs: Wardlow; and Karen Mazepink, AWS president.
With all of these exccpt Foley voting. the council first agreed to pay the transportation of the five on an 8 to 5 decision.
Shelly Linderman, senior class representative, objected to the officers in question having actually made the difference in the voting. A revote was taken, with those officers voluntarily abstaining, and the proposal was defeated.
It was then moved to send only Wardlow, since his office required his heading up the Friday night rally in Union Square, and the motion was then passed.
Since the other officers had explained earlier that they would also be spending their time on ASSC business with other universities, the council reconsidered and. with the affected officers still abstaining, voted to send all five.
But although financial and controversial developments took up most of the council's time at the meeting, Foley pointed out that the ASSC's major work is going on in committees and conferences that get very little attention.
As a proposal to remedy this failing “of past student governments.” Foley asked for and received unanimous backing for a Student Government Information Service, which will enlist the participation of all council members in explaining to living groups on a regular basis the insidy progress the ASSC is making in a number of areas.
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
SDS speeches part of Stop the Draft Week
In conjunction with the nationwide “Stop the Draft Week,” which has already created disturbances at induction centers all over the country, Students for Democratic Society is sponsoring a series of noon speeches which will run through Friday.
Today’s speaker in 133 Founders Hall is Lynn Shoemaker, a resistance counselor and the husband of Chris Shoemaker, vice president of SDS.
Shoemaker is a graduate of Harvard and a former English instructor at Los Angeles State College.
He was one of 53 anti-draft protesters who returned their draft cards to their Selective Service boards Monday during a demonstration at the downtown Los Angeles Federal Building.
In a letter submitted to the Selective Service Board along with his card. Shoemaker stated. "I say ‘No’ to the draft. I will work for a world liberated from victims and executioners.”
Scheduled to speak Thursday on “The Draft and the Black Commu-
THREE DAY SERIES
Tax Institute to open at Bovard
The 20th Annual Institute on Federal Taxation will open on campus today with a review of tax policy and substantive tax reform.
The seminar, sponsored by the Lawr Center, will run through Fridav in Bovard Auditorium, with several hundred attorneys, accountants, trust officers and life insurance underwriters registered.
The program will include 26 tax lecturers from California! .Washington, D.C.. Columbus and Chicago speaking on all current major areas of tax planning.
Richard Gadbois Jr., a Los Angeles attorney, will speak on “The Art of Charitable Giving" at the opening session. He will offer some modern techniques and consider current problems on the donor's income tax advantages, resulting from charitable giving.
Also included in the opening session will be a lecture by Thomas H. Chancellor, attorney, on the marital deduction of the California Probate Code. He ■wall answer such questions as wrhy it was needed, when it applies, and how' it operates.
Louis Brown, a Beverly Jiills attorney and member of the institute’s planning committee, will serve as chairman.
On Thursday, a national tax prac-
titioner, John S. Pennell, will speak on current problems in partnerships.
Pennell will present an in-depth review of developments over recent years on the taxation of partnerships, as indicated by court decisions and revenue rulings.
An analysis of areas of potential difficulty in partnership taxation will
also b® discussed by Pennell, along with a survey of items requiring advance planning in forming and operating a partnership.
Dr. Alan D. Liker, visiting associate professor at the Law Center, will speak Friday on recent developments in the taxation of trusts.
Dr. Nyomarkay refutes Daily Trojan article
Remarks attributed to Dr. Joseph Nyomarkay, associate professor of political science, in a Daily Trojan article on Oct. 12 were in many rases falsely attributed or untrue.
The article was written on a New Left Symposium sponsored by political science.
In a letter to the Daily Trojan Dr. Nyomarkay said the Daily Trojan reporter “not only mistook my remarks made in the third person as my own, but freely attributed statements In me according to the dictates of his imagination.
“The result was a series of higli-ly-sensational, as well as nonsensical, statements that bore no relation to the truth.”
He especially took exception to comments on a second McCarthy Era and the inaccurate labeling of his observations on the New Left as his own beliefs.
Dr. Nyomarkay also demanded that Daily Trojan articles be approved by persons quoted before publication, but such a policy cannot be enacted.
He will also discuss the funding of trusts involving retained interests with installment obligations, transfer of retained interests, gifts to minors and proposed amendments to regulations applicable to foreign trusts.
Liker is a member of the New York Bar, and a former member of the faculties of Harvard. New Mexico and UCLA.
Also scheduled to appear is Lawrence M. Stone of the Berkeley School of Law. Stone, formerly legislative counsel to the Treasury Department, will lecture on the important problem of tax-exempt organizations and the effects of their exemptions on the nation’s revenues and economy.
Hendler, Irell and Mainella, a Lu» Angeles law firm, will make a presentation on “Selective Tax Problems of the Independent Motion Picture Producer.” Their talk will include a discussion of gradual extinction of motion picture .negative cost, problems involved in obtaining a capital gain on the disposition of a motion picture, personal holding company problems, treatment of deferred compensation, profit participations and foreign corporation and property tax problems.
Further information can be obtained from John Ervin, 746-2196.
nity” is Ayuko Babu, a resistance organizer in the Black Anti-Draft Union.
“Stop the Draft Week” activities will conclude Friday with a noon rally in front of Tommy Trojan, with speeches by David Lang, SDS president. and Jim Pfife.
Pfife, a senior in engineering, also turned over his draft card Monday to Resistance representatives. He became a member of the Draft Resistance Union, an organization which refuses to cooperate with the Selective System.
“Stop the Draft Week,” under the sponsorship of the Resistance Union, began Monday with the rally and demonstration at the Federal Building in downtowm Los Angeles.
During that mild demonstration of more than 300 draft protesters—including 11 USC students — several draft cards and honorable discharge certificates were burned.
Although burning a draft card is a federal offense, there were no arrests.
Also in conjunction with "Stop the Draft Week,” a USC contingent of about 15 students joined a crowd of 300 draft protesters Tuesday in an early morning vigil at the Southern California Induction Center. 1031 S. Broadway.
INTERVIEWS BEGIN FOR FROSH FORUM
Interviews will begin tomorrow for applicants to the Freshman Forum, a discussion group sponsored by Mortar Board for interested freshmen students.
Forum applications must be returned by today to the Dean of Men’s and Dean of Women’s Office to have an interview time set.
The forum, which is beginning earlier than usual this year, is a free discussion group considering any topic from politics to books to current events.
There are no set requirements for membership other than a freshman class standing.